Method

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter the base and sides of a 22cm loose-bottom cake tin and line with baking parchment.

Put the butter, sugar, flour and baking powder in a large bowl. Break in the eggs, add the almond essence, if using, then beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Set aside a quarter of the mixture, then stir the chopped apricots and 25g of the biscuits into the remainder. Spoon into the tin and lightly smooth with the back of the spoon. Bake for 25 mins until the cake is almost set. Meanwhile, stir the apricot halves, remaining biscuits and flaked almonds into the reserved cake mixture until well mixed. Quickly dot the extra cake mixture onto the part-baked cake, then return to the oven for 20 mins more or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Comments (14)

Made this with frsh apricots from the garden when looking for things to use the surplus on Very easy and great tasting. Works both as cake ( very moist) and as dessert with perhaps ice-cream/creme fraiche. Added 2 tbps of milk in main mixture as thought might need extra liquid as not using tinned apricots. As others added 1-2 tbps almond liqueur in topping. Used silicone loaf tin mould so no need to line but needed longer cooking time reduced fan oven to 160C in 2nd phase. Will be doing again very soon.

This so simple and quick to make but tastes divine! Such a clever recipe - I found it needed a bit longer than recipe said. Made it a few times now for a crowd - goes down well as an afternoon tea cake OR gorgeous as a warm pudding with cream. Gets the wow reaction every time!

Made this cake so many times now, even took one to Kruger on a camping holiday, it stayed moist for ages. I have only made one with amaretti biscuits , which was abit dry,I prefer my way using lady fingers dipped in Dissarono liqueur , absolutely yummy.

Made this today but only had tinned peach slices instead of apricot halves but really delicious. I only had a 21cm tin so used that and found that in my fan oven it needed another 15 minutes. Will definitely be doing this again.

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